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Originally Posted by BudFox
Once the client has been drawn into enmeshment with the therapist, how do you end this without making a complete mess of the client's life? It's easy to start a fire. Not so easy to put it out. This might become a bigger problem than the client's original problems.
Seems like a lot of risk (and poorly elaborated) for low-probably benefit (i.e. something about this engineered relationship will translate to real life). Just my take...
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Very painful for the client either way. Well...at least it was for me. I just don't know what you do at the point. I certainly can see why people stay and I understand why they leave (like I eventually did, because she would have always "taken me back," according to her). And in my case, it became this dramatic pseudo-relationship for 50 minutes a week, but she remained detached (which I get, it's her job) and distanced herself occasionally for "self care," but dang it that it didn't work that way for me. Not in the least. Now, i can't help but feel the whole thing was a charade. A fabrication of my own mind. I don't even really KNOW this woman, but there I went...
I'm reeling. The ending really just happened this past Friday. Ugh...